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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 164 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve): Ask (problem, users, limits) → Imagine (many ideas) → Plan (diagram, materials). Create (build a prototype) → Test (measure) → Improve (fix and retest). It is a loop: after Improve, test again.

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  1. 1.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  11. 11.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Ask
  3. False
  4. Ask
  5. redesign after testing
  6. Ask
  7. Test
  8. pick the build order
  9. try it out
  10. find the limits
  11. False
  12. Improve
  13. Ask
  14. build the model
  15. Plan
  16. list the materials
  17. brainstorm many ideas
  18. Ask
  19. draw a labelled diagram
  20. Create
  21. Improve
  22. Ask
  23. Improve
  24. False
  25. Ask
  26. Plan
  27. Improve
  28. False
  29. make it better, retest
  30. make a prototype
  31. Plan
  32. False
  33. no, it repeats
  34. Create
  35. Imagine
  36. Imagine
  37. False
  38. Improve
  39. False
  40. define the problem

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